The first issue in engaging with Pakistan is the cessation of terrorism, India's envoy at the United Nations said, underlining that India has been a long-standing victim of cross-border and global terrorism and has zero tolerance towards the scourge.

"With Pakistan, the main issue we have is of terrorism," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish said.

On what is the ‘India Way’ in dealing with terrorism, Harish underlined that a “big focus” for the country has been on taking along its international partners to combat terrorism as he stressed that India has zero tolerance for the scourge.